I can't play "Down"!

mca47
mca47 Posts: 13,337
edited February 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
I'm still a fairly new guitarist, but can play a good number of PJ and other group's songs.
I cannot for the life of me learn Down. It should be a relatively easy song. The tabs are fairly simple, and it doesn't sound hard. I just can't make it sound right. Any suggestions? I love this song and would kill to be able to play it.
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  • StoneG82
    StoneG82 Posts: 806
    just keep listening to the strumming pattern over and over and over and over.

    it will eventually click. i dont know what else to tell you. keep practicing.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Well ...

    If you can play Corduroy,
    and you can play Over The Hills & Far Away by Zeppelin
    All you gotta do really is sandwich the two togeather,
    and you have Down.

    G G ... Cadd9 X3 G\B (b in the bass) G Cadd9

    Over the hills and far away riff,
    repeaat.

    if you understand what the hell i'm trying to stay,
    you're a geneius.

    Oops,
    off to an AutoCadd class for me.
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    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    It's a funky rhythm, with a few riffs, and some steps.

    Learn the chords, then learn how to funk it up.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • WiLL75
    WiLL75 Posts: 415
    Keep listening, keep playing and you'll get it.

    I can play it BUT when I try and sing and play it...I ALWAYS mess up the rhythm. It frustrates me, but oh well.
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  • pjfan020
    pjfan020 Posts: 426
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Well ...

    If you can play Corduroy,
    and you can play Over The Hills & Far Away by Zeppelin
    All you gotta do really is sandwich the two togeather,
    and you have Down.

    G G ... Cadd9 X3 G\B (b in the bass) G Cadd9

    Over the hills and far away riff,
    repeaat.

    if you understand what the hell i'm trying to stay,
    you're a geneius.

    Oops,
    off to an AutoCadd class for me.


    I never thought of it that way. It totally sounds like those two songs together. But yeah, just keep plugging away at it. Try to focus on one part at a time and just keep going over it in segments
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